Combined registering and feeding magazine for guns.



W. P. PINKSTON. COMBINED REGISTERING AND FBEDIKG IAGAZIHB FOB GUNS.

AIPLIOATIOI FILED [A180, 1018.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

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eomimsnmms To all whom it may concdmq Be it known that I, WILLIAM P, P ntxe- 'rox citizen of the United States, residing at St uis; State'of Missouri, have invented certain newfand useful Im rovementsl in Qombined' Registering and. ceding Magazines for Guns, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, reference bein had toothe accompanying drawings,

-forming a part hereof.

My invention consists in the novel details of construction'more fully set forth in the specificationand pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, ,Figurel is aside elevamy invention appl ed view of the magazine.

thereto; 1 1g. 2 is a si e detached showing also the action-slide 1n position; Fi 3 is an inside plan of F ig, 2 w th I 3. tie an oatslde plan'flof Fig. 2. with-action-slide omitted; "ig. 5 is an enlarged side view of the sliding-ferrule and its split tube and e ectin plunger 3 Fig. 6 I is' an enlarged cross-section on the line ti'6 of Fig.'2; and Fig. 7. is' an enlargedcross-scction on the, line (-7 of The resent improvement is". particularly d irected to, -tlie registering and feeding magazine flforj repeat ng'. rifles on the" order of the Winchester ,and hasfior itsobject to provide an automatic load {or cartridge feed last cartridge but one {will automatically arrest the movement'ot the action'slide by" which, as, well understood the art, the] breech-bolt and cartridge carrier arexmaf nipulated both for, discharging the empty shell or hull of a fired cartri go, and for delivering a .fre sh cartridge to thebarrel. By arresting the movement of theflaction slide as. stated, the hammer-cannot be mitomaticall'y ,co'ckedil andfihence the objection:

of relea'singthe ammer'ag'ainst the firing pin whenlthere are no'xnore-cartrid to shoot, is avoided, because a person W1 l-not deliberately cook a hammer by hand'and.

. release it against the firing pi'n afterthe cartridgesare once exhausted, 'The present I mg of shots after the cartrid hanstcd. Suchfa counter thong1 :liereiillns5 inventionhas a distinct ndvanta to'o,vj in, guns equipped with -decanter, on ftotaler iy venting as itdoes ftheicountinfi and 'record es 'a-re. ex;-'

trated is however, not claimed, constituting at it does a d stinct-invention 'and-in rio or cartridge follower 4.

ebgmgjin then a :facing the harr e and the register numbers n actuated'by the releasefloftho hammer,"pre=-fand"their division jmarks m'h'ein on the opfposite 'aide'(orf-'aivay' from the iia' -,des ah aj,tha tliqse numbers ';and division marksibe' alivays fend for this purposethe'tnbular member 5 l8 cut-substantial immeliraoazmnroa GUNS.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912. lertal lto. seam,

- irise contr'ollingbthe action of the magazine forming' the s ject-matter of the present ap lication.

- he advantages-of the invention will be fully apparent from a'detailc d description :t-hereofwhich is as follows Referring'to the drawings, B represents the barrel of the gun, S the stock, F the frame,'t the trig eryh the hammer, R the breech-bolt, a, a thea'ction slide, and H the action slide handle, all as well understood in the art. A movement of the handle H (which carriesjhe action slide-a, a) toward the stoclrS manipulates the breech- 'bolt. so as to eject the shell, elevate the cartridge-carrier (not shown) and'cock the hammer, a movement from the stock lowering' the breech-bolt, injecting the cartridge (in the carrier) into the barrel opposite the firing pin, all as fully understood in the-art.

In the present embodiment of my inveng tion the action slide and action slide handle are mounted loosely on the magazine cyliind'er or tube 1 secured in position at one end along the bottom of the barrel by a strap 2, and embedded at its inner end in a socket.

ingthe frontend of the ,frame or in any equivalent mechanical manneri. Marked or Istamped onthe ,walls of' the cylinder 1 are a senes'of properly spaced division marks or hers n (from one to eighteen in the present .graduations m identified by symbols. or nnmor firing-of the example) to correspond with the number of .cartridgeswith which thecyliniler; is

char ed, -s aid' cartridges being nserted lGI'lgtJWISQJDtO the cylinder thronglfii' 'fcd wall 0 the cylinder, a. suitable distant-clieyqnd-'theactionwlide handle. "lhe cartndges lie-m the 'cylinder'end to. end as per side of -tho cylinder or 'rrel) it is exposed to the johsorven [on adiagonal froln and elongated slot 1: trav oiformed in the lower 'pcripheral as anindex or pointer with the assistance of which the numbers on the graduated scale outer or register may be read.

Received by the ferrule 6 and its s littubular extension or sleeve 5 is a rod 7 whose inted terminal is free to has throug an opening of in the outeren of the cylinder 1, the inner blunt end of the rod bein ada ted to rest on the ad'acent end of t e f0 ower 4 within the cylinder. To the blunt end of the rod 7 is secured one end of a compression ssring 8 coiled about the rod, the opposite en of the sprint bearins against the outer or free, end of t e cylin or. The main object of the rod 7 is to preserve the trueness of the coil of the s ring, and protect the same against lateral replacement, and to insure its uniform expansion and contraction with the manipulation and operation of the plunger 4-. The ex-- pansion of the spring 0 viously forces the rod against the plunger and tends to force the latter tower the frame F- or feed end of the ma azine cylinder. The plunger 4 is provide at its feed end with a spring controlled latch 8' which is mounted between the. walls of an elongated socket 9 formed in the plunger, one end of the-latch bein pivoted at one end its ree end. being free to enter a slot 10 formed at the opposite end of the socket, a flexed spring 11 at the bottom of the socket 'normally tending to eject the latch out of the socket and bevond the peripheral wall of the plunger. This ejection of the latch is made possible by the slot a formed in the lower peripheral wall of the pnlargement 1' of the magazine-cylinder ad aeent the feed or cartridge-dischar end t is slot s bein so positioned that t e latch emerges'ont o it by the time the last cartridge has been exelled by the plunger from the cylinder into the ca rt rid go carrier.

It will be noted that the action-slide is com posed of a tubular portion a enveloping the portion 1 of the magazine tube 1, and of the arm a tending toward the frame F and operating the breech-bolt. The base of the portion a is removed a suitable i tance from the frame l'- and the slide (and its handle 1]) may more to and from the frame through this distance in the loading of a cartrid e and the ex mlsion of a shell. The slot a is formed in the path of movement of the slide, the outer end of the slot terminating at the base of the portion a of the slide.

It is apparent therefore that when theplunger hambern advanced its full feeding mit towardfthc frame, and the last earing in the tu of the socket and tridge has been pushed out of the feeding ma azine into the carrier in the frame, the late 8' will, under the action of the spring 11, be automatically .forced out of the slot .1, causing the free end of the latch to come opposite the base of the tubular portion a o the action slide and thus arrest or 100 the same a inst movement toward the frame F. t follows therefore that the breech-bolt can not be actuated and hence the hammer is not cocked. The operator thu's knows that the magazine has been exhausted and has the same recharged. To charge the magazine-the operator seizes the ferrule 6 (first however' depressin the e ected latch 8 so it will pass inside t e action slide sleeve 4) and pulls it outwardly until the free end of the plunger 4 has been pulled past the char 'ng opening 0 (dotted position Fig. 3). e cartridges are then introduced end to enduntil the portion of the tube or cylinder 1 between the-plun er and discharge and of the tube is full. y then releasing the ferrule, the base thereof will come 0 posite the numeral or division mark 1 on t e scale or register. As the cartridges ar.firedone by one, the spring 8 will force the Iplan er against those remaine, t 10 plunged following up the column of. cartridges and forcing thcm one at a time into the cartridge carrier in the frame, with successive manipulations of the action slide, until the last cartrid c has been pushed into the carrier, by whic time the latch 8' springs into place and arrests the loading movement or manipulation of the-action slide, as alread described. The magazine is then ready to c recharged. 'As a cartridge is expelle the ferrule 6 will advance alom the re ister scale indicating the number of cartri ges discharged from the ma azine.

'1 represents the counter or totalcr not here described, constituting as it does, a distinct invention and formin subject-matter for an independent application for patent.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In combination with a gun provided with an action slide and frame, a magazine tube adapted to deliver cartridges to the frame, and means operating through the walls of the tube for locking the action slide against movementvupon exhaustion of the contents of the tube.

2. In combination with a gun provided with an action slide and frame, a magizine tube adapted to-deliver the loads to the fmme and sup rtin said action slide, means within t e'tugfifor automatically feeding the loads-to the rama, and devices carried by said means and operating through thewalls of the tube for locking the action slide against movement a on the exhaustion of the loads from the tn )0.

3. In combination with a gun provided with an action slide and-framei a magazine tube adapted to deliver the ends to the frame and supporting said slide, a springcontrolled lunger within the tube for automatically ceding the loads to the frame, said tube bein provided with a chargin opening for he leads, a spring-actua latch carried by the lunger the walls of the tube being rovi ed with an opening through which t e latch operates for arresting movement of the action slide upon exhagition of the loads from the magazine tn 4. In combination with a magazine tu an action slide therefor, a sprm -actu a plunger, a sprin controlled late 'on the plugger, the wa of the tube being provid with an opening to allow for the passage .therethrou h o the latch and limit the movement of t e slide in one direction.

5. In combination with a gun provided 4h an action slide and frame, a magazine tube provided with a peri heral charging opening for the loads and ischarging nto t e frame, a ferrule slidably mounted about the tube, the latter being provided with a longitudinal slot, a plunger on the inside of the tube, a rib connectin the plunger to the ferrule, a spring for orcinf the pl toward the disc end 0 the tube, e

wall of the latter 'ng rovided with a slot between tthenferdame an the a spring-con to latch .on

adapted to be forced through t e namedslottoarrestthemovementofthe action slide upon exhaustion of the contents of the tube.

6. In with a gu'n provided with an action slide comprisinga sleeve or tnbifiar portion and anemtensiontherefor, a. i

frame havinga breech bolt actuated by said extension, a magazine tube loosely embraced by the sleeve portion of the action slide, and provided with a ripheral chargin opening or the leads an discharging into t e frame, a" ferrule slidably mounted on the tube the latter being provided with a longitudinal slot opposite the charging o nin a diagonally split tube extending rom e ferrule toward the frame, a plunger in the tube, a rib connecting the lunger tothe split tube and traversing the ongitudinal slot, a. coiled ring in the tube, a rod resting on the p unger and'positioned within the coil, one end of the latter bein secured to said rod, a pivoted spring-contro ed latch on the plungr cont: cue to the loads-engaging end ereo wall of the tube being provided with a slot between the sleeve portion of the action slide and frame to allow for the -tree of the latch for engs said sleeve portion and arrest movement 0 the action slide upon exhaustion of the loads from the e tube. In combination w th a gunbarrel, a magazine tube rovided with a longitudinal slotfacingthe arrelandwitha teron the op to face, a ferrule movab e alon the tug nally split sleeve couple to the ferrule, or exposing the register, a spring-actuated loads-ejecting plunger m the tube, and a connection between the plunger and sleeve traversing the slot and preventing lacement of the ferrule and m In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, .in presence of two witnesses.

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